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Written question asked by Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 March 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 March 2023 (named day). It was answered by Mike Freer (Conservative) on Monday, 13 March 2023 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Powers of Attorney: Applications

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2023 to Question 156952, how many administrative staff worked between midnight and 6am in each of the last six months.

Answer

To process Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) applications, the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has staff working day shifts and evening shifts, and both shifts then have further overtime hours. While staff do not routinely work between 12am and 6am, for evening shift staff who work from 4pm-10pm, overtime hours are available from 10pm-2am. The below data shows the number of staff who have taken that opportunity to work overtime at least once in each month, but not all of these staff will have worked beyond 12am while working overtime.

Staff do not work beyond 2am. The table below provides the total number of administrative evening shift staff who have worked overtime beyond 10pm. It does not include day shift staff who have worked overtime.

Month

Sept 2022

Oct
2022

Nov
2022

Dec
2022

Jan
2023

Feb
2023

Total number of staff who have worked overtime (i.e. past 10pm) each month.

32

25

24

25

36

27

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
161289
Session
2022-23
Related items
Powers of Attorney: Applications
Tuesday, 7 March 2023
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Applications Staff Powers of attorney Working hours Office of the Public Guardian
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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